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Call 846-0377 for Appointment CHARLES C. SCHROEPPEL, O.D., PC. DOCTOR OF OPTOMETRY 505 University Dr. East, Suite 101 College Station, TX 77840 4 Blocks East of Texas Ave. & University Dr. Intersection Page 14 • The Battalion Sports Thursday • November 16,1! Larkin named National League MVf □ Larkin is the first shortstop to win the award in 33 years. NEW YORK (AP) — Barry Larkin was the surprise choice as NL Most Valuable Player on Wednesday, beating out Dante Bichette and Greg Maddux to become the first shortstop to win the award in 33 years. Maddux, who won his fourth straight Cy Young Award this week, and Bichette, who led the league in home runs and RBIs, were considered the leading can didates. But rather than pitching or power, voters clearly looked at the all-around contributions Larkin made on and off the field to the NL Central champion Cincinnati Reds, and made him a convincing choice. Larkin hit .319 with 66 RBIs and 51 steals, is likely to win his second straight Gold Glove next week and was the team’s clubhouse leader. He was also the Reds’ best player in the postseason, although that per formance is not considered in the selection. Larkin, who was on a cruise in Mexico when the award was announced, re ceived 11 first-place votes and finished with 281 points. Bichette, whose 40 homers and 128 RBIs led Colorado to a wild-card playoff spot, got six first-place votes and had 251 points. Maddux, 19-2 with a 1.63 ERA for the World Series champion Atlanta Braves, got seven first-place votes and 249 points. He is the first pitcher to finish as high as'third in the NL MVP voting since Los Angeles reliever Mike Marshall in 1974. “If you look at sheer num bers, there are guys who have more homers and RBIs,” Reds second baseman Bret Boone said. “But it’s nice to see people look at ‘most valuable.’ He was really great on our team. He was our leader.” Dodgers catcher Mike Piazza was fourth, getting three first- place votes and 214 points. The top four finishers were named National League MVP Player 1 st Place Votes Total Barry Larkin It 281 Dante Bichette 6 251 Greg Maddux 7 249 Mike Piazza 3 214 on every ballot by members of the Baseball Writers Associa tion of America. Ron Gant, Larkin’s teammate, received the only other first-place vote. Larkin is the first NL short stop to win the award since Maury Wills in 1962, the season he stole a then-record 102 bases. He is the sixth shortstop to win the honor, joining Ernie Banks (1958-59), Dick Groat (1960) and Marty Marion (1944). Larkin is the first Reds player to be named MVP since George Foster in 1977 and 11th overall. Joe Morgan, Pete Rose and Johnny Bench also won in the 1970s. Along with leading league in homers and Bichette was third in battingi .340. Some voters, howeve: may have discounted his 1 numbers because he played hitter-friendly Coors Field. Maddux, whose winning pei centage was the best in histoi for starters with at least 20 de cisions, had the highest fi for a starting pitcher since Seaver was runner-up in 19 The last pitcher to win thel MVP was Bob Gibson in when he had a 1.12 ERA,am some Voters have been reluctan: to give the award to a pitcher. mi fa an hi: no Rockets rip Raptors with buzzer beatei □ Robert Horry's 3- pointer at the buzzer gives Rockets the win. TORONTO (AP) — Robert Horry’s 3-point shot at the buzzer lifted the Houston Rock ets to a 96-93 victory over the expansion Toronto Raptors on Wednesday night. The Raptors, who trailed by as many as 19 points late in the first half, outscored and outhus- tled the Rockets in the second half, beating them to loose balls and coming up with the key shot when it counted. Trailing 53-42 at the half, the Raptors slowly chipped away at Houston’s lead, taking a 93-92 lead on Tracy Murray’s two free throws with 53 seconds left. Robinson leads Spurs over Timberwolves San Antonio Spurs 105 Minnesota Timberwolves 96 □ Spurs center David Robinson scored 30 points in 29 minutes. MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Vin- ny Del Negro scored 10 points in San Antonio’s decisive 16-4 to start the second half Wednesday night as the Spurs eased to a 105-96 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves. David Robinson scored 30 points in just 29 minutes and Avery Johnson had 13 assists for the Spurs, who improved their overall record against Minnesota to 28-3. Nineteen-year-old rookie Kevin Garnett had his first double-digit game, scoring 19 points. Tom Gugliotta led the Wolves with 20 points. Del Negro, who finished with 16 points, started the sec ond half with a 3-pointer to give the Spurs a 60-59 lead. He hit another 3-pointer in the run, which saw the Spurs pull ahead 73-63. San Antonio led by as much a 85-71 in the third period, but the Wolves finished the quar ter with seven straight points, including six by Garnett, to get within 85-78. Minnesota trailed by just four points, 91-87, with seven minutes to play before the Spurs rallied to put the game away. Minnesota played without center Christian Laettner, who was placed on the injured list Tuesday with a sprained ankle. Come see Freudian Slip. It’s as good as you’ve heard. Saturday, Nov. 18 10 p.m. Dixie Theatre on Main St. in downtown Bryan Tickets $5. Doors and bar open at 8. Hakeem Olajuwon, who had 17 points and 11 rebounds for the Rockets, hit one of two foul shots to pull the Rockets even at 93-93 with just under 40 sec onds. Then, an errant Raptors pass gave the Rockets posession with 19.9 seconds to play. Sam Cassell took the ball up court, dished to Clyde Drexler, who fed to Horry. His shot from 3- point range caught only net as time expired. The loss was the seventh ina row for the struggling Raptors who have played the NBA’sta ter teams well only to cornea short. Kenny Smith scored 16 ofli 22 points in the first Hal':: eluding three 3-pointers. Damon Stoudamire andk Tabak had 20 points eachli; the Raptors. Sabres send Stars to seventh straight loss □ Sabres goalie Do- minik Hasek has 29 saves in the 2-1 win. BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Dominik Hasek had 29 saves and Randy Burridge and Pat LaFontaine each scored a goal to give Buffalo a 2-1 win Wednesday night over the Dallas Stars. Neither team found an of fensive rhythm throughout the game, with the ^1^ jjFjj and beat Hasek with a quid' wrist shot. Burridge evened the scon at 10:13. Burridge intercept ed a Dallas pass, took tb puck down the wing, bea Grant Ledyard and puti hard shot past Moog. His sev en goals leads the Sabres. Moog’s kick-save robbei Buffalo of a goal with about five minute left in the period Buffalo took the at 12:32 of the second perioe on Pat La Stars generat ing 30 shots compared to the Sabres’ 19. Andy Moog had 17 saves for the Stars, who have gone winless in their last seven games (0-4- 3). Todd Harvey’s goal 2:20 into the first period opened scoring for the Stars. Guy Carbonneau dug the puck off the boards and found Harvey, who skated in unmolested af ter a Sabres’ defensive lapse F o n t a i n e goal. BradMa; sent a blind pass from hind the { to Donald k dette, who timed his pass to LaFontaint The Sabres were unable t score with a two-man advai tage late in the period, miss ing several goal opportuni ties. Both teams’ penalty-killinj units looked strong in tb game. Buffalo and Dallas each stopped six power chances. fiGGIE NIGHT Every Thursday $1.49 Pitchers with Student I.D. SOO S. 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